| In a certain way, this is an occasion for optimism and good cheer because we are exhausting some of our store of demeritorious and obscuring karma. |
| Therefore a human action, good or evil, is not meritorious or demeritorious in the sight of God. |
| Examples of demeritorious actions might include killing an animal, speaking abusively to another, or fanning the flames of our own jealousy at someone else's good fortune. |
| These are all demeritorious deeds that corrupt the morality of others. |
| I do not believe I have been demeritorious. |
